January 26, 2007
Wii News
Good news, news hounds -- Nintendo Wii's News Channel is finally going live tomorrow, giving you access to business, sports, arts/entertainment, technology and science/health stories from around the world. If...
With Curry likely out, Jerome's in the spotlight
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks officially called Eddy Curry's status a "game-time decision'' for tonight. In another words, he is out and Jerome James - remember him - is in. Any...
Cryin' All the Time
I'm back from the Sundance Film Festival, which is winding down with a flurry of deals. Paramount Vantage plunked down a hefty reported $7 million for the British coming-of-age flick...
Factory Reject?
Among the films that didn't make the Academy's cut was "Factory Girl,'' which was rushed into the market with such haste -- supposedly because of Sienna Miller's outstanding performance as...
Haute List
The Air Force 1's turn 25, Bendel's launches a ton of amazing new beauty products and L.A. boutique Curve comes to New York. Read all about it in The Haute...
Meow Meow
If you haven't seen Lindsay's Miu Miu ads, you have to.The troubled starlet looks amazing with a mane of fiery red hair and bright fuschia lips.Think this is the beginning...
FOOD: Eat something, you'll feel better
All this cold makes us hungry. Come on, what is it, like 22 degrees out? Here's 5 random places we're thinking about this morning, wishing they were handy about now....
COME OUT AND PLAY
Today Classroom Extra salutes New York's great Central Park as one of the world's most famous playgrounds. Central Park is one of the best things in New York City. Thousands...
B'WAY 'DREAMGIRLS'
THE Oscars may have snubbed "Dreamgirls," but Broadway's ready to welcome back one of its most beloved musicals with open arms. John Breglio, a lawyer who oversees the estate of...
DREAMING OF OSCAR
'SOME PEOPLE need sequins, others don't!" sniffed designer Edith Head at the Academy Awards back in 1955. I'll say! There's plenty of gnashing of teeth over the sequin-heavy musical "Dreamgirls"...
BLING DYNASTY
BRING on the catfights! In a star-studded closing to Paris couture week, Giorgio Armani unveiled a wacky, wonderful collection that had the fashion world buzzing. His unlikely muse: "Dynasty." The...
SEE JAM MAN FOR NO BREAD
IF you run into a huge crowd outside the Virgin Megastore in Times Square Sunday afternoon around 2, it's not because of a $9.99 CD sale. Paul Weller, the Brit...
WORDS FAIL WHEN YOU'RE REMAPPING IRELAND
WORDS are the very substance of Brian Friel's play "Translations." To put it simply: It is a play wrapped up in a web of languages (all spoken in English) and...
'THE REPRODUCERS'
NO matter how many times they get out, it keeps dragging them back in. Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, the original - and the best - Leo and Max in...
LINE 'KING'
LOOK in the mirror, America - you are Hank, Peggy and Bobby Hill. No TV show - drama, sitcom or reality series - captures the current state of our everyday...
YOU CAN'T AVOID KAT MCPHEE
TELEVISION is coming down with a burning case of Katha rine McPhee-ver. Starting Monday, the "American Idol" runner-up will be impossible to miss on TV - including an episode of...
'SUPER' DREAMS OF HDTV
IT'S becoming increasingly clear: Football fans want to watch the Super Bowl in high-definition. An estimated 2.5 million Americans say they plan to buy a new, high-definition TV set in...
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
THERE's going to be a big fancy Luke-and-Laura-style wedding on "Desperate Housewives" later this year - and the betting is that Susan and her rich English boyfriend are taking the...
MARISKA $PECIAL VIGORISH UNIT
'LAW & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay is now the highest-paid woman in primetime. She joins Kyra Sedgewick and Marge Helgenberger at the top of the list of the biggest...
STORM OVER AT CH. 9
HERE'S an unusual forecast: For the first time since the 1960s, there won't be a Field on New York TV forecasting the weather. Storm Field, who has been on various...
DISGRACES
'SMOKIN' Aces" has an initially amusing premise - an assortment of wacky killers (played by a hip and starry cast ranging from Ben Affleck to Alicia Keys) are trying to...
FACTORY GIRLS STUCK IN DENIM OF THIEVES
AFTER watching the eye-opening documentary "China Blue," you're likely to think twice the next time you want to buy a pair of jeans. At the very least, your conscience will...
SAY GENOCIDE, AND ARMENIA IT
SO I went to this metal concert, and it turned out to be a lesson about the Armenian genocide of 1915. Color me stoked! "Screamers," one of the most bizarre...
SERAPHIM FALLS
PLOTWISE, "Seraphim Falls" resembles a Randolph Scott programmer from the 1950s - but Budd Boetticher, who turned several of them into Western classics, had a much surer hand when it...
TWO BAD
'BLOOD and Chocolate" and "Epic Movie," two new flicks, were not previewed for critics, usually a good sign that the studios know they're dogs. Reviews will appear in tomorrow's Post.
LAW OF AVERAGE
THE third time definitely wasn't the charm for Anthony Minghella, who directed Jude Law to Oscar nominations for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain." For starters, Minghella wasn't doing...
ONE-TRICK CHICK FLICK DOESN'T CLICK
THE chick comedy-drama "Catch and Release" may look bland, but it's not. It's worse. To rise to the level of blandness, it would need to have a few gallons of...
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON'S SCRAPBOOK
FOR three years during WWII the renowned French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was presumed to be dead. And though he was only in his mid-30s when taken prisoner by the Germans,...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * ROBIN WILLIAMS performs at the Borgata's Event Center Saturday night at 8. Tickets: $225-$275; theborgata.com, (609) 677-1000. * TONY BENNETT sings all the classics tonight and Saturday...
PREVIEWS
"ADRIFT IN MACAO": Christopher Durang's madcap musical parody of film noir. Primary Stages at 59E59, 59 E. 59th St., between Madison and Park avenues; (212) 279-4200. Opens Feb. 13. "ANON":...
BROADWAY
"THE APPLE TREE": Two and a half stars For superstar Kristin Chenoweth, an effective vehicle - but so's a crosstown bus. Three one-act musicals by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick,...
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": Three stars John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 239-6200. "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": Two and a half stars Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205...
OFF-BROADWAY
"ALTAR BOYZ": This musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands manages to be funny and entertaining despite its one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., between Eighth and Ninth...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
The following listings are subject to change. It is best to call ahead before going to any event. INCUBUS: The alt-metal rock band will perform Wednesday at 8 p.m. at...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Today and tomorrow: Ben Riley Thelonious Monk Legacy Septet. Sunday: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. 315 W. 44th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 581-3080. IRIDIUM: Through...
CLASSICAL
TODAY: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, 8 p.m. Ensemble ACJW at Weill Recital Hall, 7 p.m. Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Tenor Marcello Giordani,...
CABARET
ALGONQUIN: Through Feb. 10: Maude Maggart. 59 W. 44th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; (212) 467-7444. CARLYLE HOTEL: Through Feb. 10: Rita Moreno. 35 E. 76th St., at Madison...
DANCE
DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM: Through Sunday, Antonietta Vicario performs her new piece, "I cannot escape being me so that is what I will show you," focusing on instinct and desire. Tickets...
FILM
ANTHROPOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: "I Am Not a War Photographer: Films of Lynne Sachs." Today, "Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam" (1994). Tomorrow, a series of short films including "Tornado"...
COMEDY
ARS NOVA: Through March 11: "At Least It's Pink." 511 W. 54th St., at 10th Avenue; (212) 868-4444. CAROLINES: Today and tomorrow: Nick Dipaolo. Through Sunday: Paul Mooney. 1626 Broadway,...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
CHINESE NEW YEAR: The New York Chinese Cultural Center will celebrate the upcoming Year of the Pig with a Lunar New Year festival featuring dance and music performances. Tonight at...
FILM PICK
Post film critic Kyle Smith will be at the Museum of the Moving Image to introduce Sunday's 4:30 p.m. screening of Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man." The compelling 2005 documentary tells...
BILLY'S HOT PICK
Imagine a combination of one of our more urban art forms - jazz - with music which normally makes its home in rural hills and hollows: bluegrass. Sax man Bill...
UPCOMING
SONIC YOUTH: The underground rockers will take the stage at Webster Hall Feb. 16. Tickets are $26.50 at the box office and through Ticketmaster. 125 E. 11th St., between Third...
NEW POST APPOINTMENTS
New York Post metropolitan editor Jesse Angelo was promoted to managing editor yesterday as editor-in-chief Col Allan announced a series of senior appointments at the nation's fifth-largest newspaper. Angelo, a...
'NYC' CONDOMS GET HEALTH CZAR EXCITED
City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden is pumped up about putting out New York City's own brand of condoms to combat AIDS. Frieden elaborated yesterday on a recent Post report about...
COMPTROLLER PANEL NIXES SILVER PICKS
ALBANY - In a devastating blow to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a bipartisan independent panel last night recommended just three finalists for the state comptroller's job - and none is...
ABOUT TIME FOR MTA
The MTA has figured out how to make the time run on trains. The long-awaited subway-platform screens that report when the next trains will arrive will start appearing at 158...
GOOD FORTUNE BOOSTS BLOOMY'S $60B BUDGET
Flush with bountiful tax revenues, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday released a preliminary $60 billion budget for next year that includes the first proceeds from the landmark lawsuit forcing the state to...
DEFENSE ASKS FOR IMETTE TIPS
Darryl Littlejohn's lawyers hope a police tip line will help prove the ex-bouncer is being framed for last February's murder of John Jay College student Imette St. Guillen. In papers...
NBC SCAM BUST
The former treasurer of NBC Universal was busted yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $800,000 in corporate funds to pay for champagne-swilling private jet trips to the Caribbean, a Hamptons...
HIDE-AND-SEEK HORROR IN BX.
A 2-year-old Bronx boy was found dead yesterday after a game of hide-and-seek went horribly wrong and he got trapped inside a plastic storage bin and apparently suffocated, cops said....
STRIP-SLAY 'MIA' ATT'Y SHOWS UP
It may be too little, too late for the no-show lawyer of the personal trainer accused of murdering his exotic-dancer girlfriend. Laura Miranda's three-day disappearing act - following weeks of...
BQE WORK TO HIT PARK PLAN
The restructuring of a busy 2-mile stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway could wreak havoc on the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park - both for visitors and the owners of luxury condos...
JUDGE: I WON'T KILL 'SUPREME'
The federal judge on the murder trial of notorious drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff warned prosecutors that they are wasting time and money trying to get a death sentence for...
178G TAX 'RIP-OFF'
Top executives at a taxpayer-funded Queens community center systematically looted funds meant for seniors and children, a bombshell audit from City Comptroller Bill Thompson found yesterday. Thompson found that the...
JAM, SCHMAM: TRAFFIC NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK
Many motorists and transportation advocates contend that traffic coming into Manhattan has never been worse. But despite steady increases over the past five years, fewer cars enter Manhattan each day...
MIKE RIPS PBA FOR NIXING HIKE
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted the city's biggest police union for twice turning down a raise of nearly $10,000 a year in starting salary. But Patrick Lynch, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association...
SCORES 'HOOK' BUSTS
Strippers at the Scores West club who took the hands-on approach to exotic entertainment found themselves in handcuffs yesterday - but not of the erotic variety. Four strippers at the...
NO 'PROFIT' MOTIVE IN SCHOOL OVERHAUL
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday said he had wanted to shut out for-profit companies from playing a supporting role in a planned reorganization of city schools - but that the...
911 BRICK WALL
Survivors of a slain cop, suing the city for slow response time, have been stymied in their bid to unearth 911 tapes that could shine light on the tragic shooting,...
TRAGIC END TO BX. FIRE CABLE FALL
A man who tried to escape a fire in his Bronx building last month by rappelling down a cable - but plunged three stories when it snapped - has died,...
300G NYPD 'RUB'
An NYPD sergeant who was forced into early retirement after complaining about the repeated sexual advances of a female supervisor - after she allegedly tried to give him a Valentine's...
BID TO KO BRAVEST-SLAY RAPS
The suspects charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two firefighters who jumped from a Bronx inferno in 2005 want the charges thrown out, saying they're not responsible for the...
CITY ED. VET ACCUSED OF SEX HARASS
City investigators yesterday accused a former Department of Education hearing officer of sexually harassing three agency employees - including two who had cases before him. Mark Colman, 63, a lawyer...
'PAY DAY' AT LAST FOR TWU
The city's transit workers said their paychecks were bigger but bittersweet yesterday. More than a year after the Transport Workers Union Local 100 went on strike, the 38,000 members finally...
HERO-COP BOOST
A hero cop who wrangled with armed thugs after a Queens bank heist will be promoted to detective today. Officer John Lopez, 37, was shot in the leg in the...
VICTIM TESTIFIES TO COLOMBO LOOTING
A construction company owner who was duped into putting reputed wiseguy Anthony Colombo on his payroll - knowing nothing about his mob ties - testified that he watched helplessly as...
BELL BRIDE'S BOOZE ANGER
The woman scheduled to marry Sean Bell the day cops shot him to death blasted a policy yesterday that allowed police to determine his blood-alcohol content - but not that...
MIKE WANTS FED 9/11 SICK PAY
President Bush and the new Democratic-run Congress must cough up more funds to treat sick World Trade Center rescue workers and residents who breathed toxic air around Ground Zero, Mayor...
WTC MEMORIAL HAS 50M MONTH
The fund-raising drive for the World Trade Center Memorial pulled in $50 million over the past month, bringing its total to $253 million, Mayor Bloomberg told members of the memorial...
ISRAEL TELLS IRAN: STOP IT - OR ELSE
Israel's prime minister made his strongest warning yet to Iran - saying Israel would meet a nuke threat with "all the means at our disposal." Ehud Olmert's hint at the...
FASHION-PASSION 'SEXTORTION'
The jealous head of a trendy jeans company blackmailed a fashion photographer after finding X-rated pictures of his former fiancée with the shutterbug, a lawsuit charges. In papers filed in...
BIG 2 DUEL FOR REV. AL BLESSING
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton dueled with rival Barack Obama yesterday in a race to lock up support from the Rev. Al Sharpton - even as a new poll showed...
2008 A REEL RACE
WASHINGTON - A political star wars premiered yesterday as Hollywood's top celebs began choosing sides with either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama in the battle for the Democratic presidential...
NICOLE HURT IN 'SMASH' MOVIE
Nicole Kidman was injured on the set when a movie stunt took a wrong turn in Los Angeles yesterday. The Oscar-winning actress was behind the wheel of a camera-rigged Jaguar...
'SCOOTER' SHOOTER
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's spokeswoman testified yesterday she told Lewis "Scooter" Libby that a prominent war critic's wife was a CIA employee earlier than Libby has said he...
THRONE FIT FOR A KING
When you gotta go, this is definitely the way. The "Pimped Out John" toilet, designed by plumbing service Roto-Rooter, comes equipped with a Philips 20-inch flat panel TV, an Xbox...
FILM 'GRAPES' BIDDER-$WEET
A contract signed by John Steinbeck giving the movie rights to "The Grapes of Wrath" to 20th Century Fox fetched $24,000 at a charity auction that also included the sale...
'DEVASTATED' HEIRHEAD AND EX WILL SUE
Paris Hilton is taking up with a former flame in a fight to get their smut off the Web. The celebutard and "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis have amassed...
IT'S OLDIE HAWN
It's no "Laugh-In" matter - Father Time has sure socked it to Goldie Hawn. The once-sprightly star of "Private Benjamin" was spotted sporting some Major Wrinkles as she played tennis...
ONLINE LOSERS AT LOVE
Computers take up so much of our time that they threaten to close windows on our most important relationships, a new study says. Sixty-five percent of people spend more time...
NYPD BLOTTER
ManhattanPolice yesterday were hunting a bandit who robbed two Midtown banks. Scott Liden , 46, struck first at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Washington Mutual branch at Eighth Avenue and...
RUTHLESS NATION
MY FELLOW Americans. This means you. It's time to wake up to a national threat. The most influential creature walking the earth in Manolos is not a film star or...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 751 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 2418 Evening Numbers Thu.: 478 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 8845 Pick-10 Thu.: 15, 22, 28, 31, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 58,...
WHERE BLOOMBERGS FEAR TO TREAD
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday kicked off the annual budget-making ritual by proposing to spend $7,000 for every man, woman and child in New York City - $57 billion in all. The...
THE SPITZER EXPRESS
The special panel named to help select a successor to disgraced state Comptroller Alan Hevesi got it exactly right yesterday: It nominated three solid citizens for further consideration - and...
HOW TO FIGHT IRAN
THE American carrier the USS John Stennis and its strike group are headed to the Persian Gulf to join another carrier group in a show of force meant to make...
UN-SQUELCHING FREE SPEECH
IT'S a lot like the guy who, having killed his parents, pleads for the mercy of the court on account of his being an orphan: Campaign-finance reformers are arguing that...
'EVIL' JOBS
'BIG picture" perception, courtesy of demagoguing Democrats: Drug companies are evil price-gougers who make obscene profits, and the federal government ought to "do something" about it. "Small picture" reality, courtesy...
TURKEY'S SUICIDE
IT'S hard to watch an old pal hit the skids, making one disastrous decision after another, throwing away a brilliant future. That's the position we're in with Turkey - a...
SENATOR'S WEBB OF DECEIT
THE ISSUE: Democratic Sen. Webb's response to President Bush's State of the Union Address. The Democrats have another new liar: Sen. Jim Webb. His response to President Bush's address has...
THE SEAN BELL SHOOTING: HEARINGS ARE WARRANTED
THE ISSUE: The City Council's town meetings and committee hearings on the Sean Bell shooting. "Quinn's Witch Hunt" (Editorial, Jan. 22), which suggests the council's community-police neighborhood forums are anti-police...
DOW PLUNGES 119
A day after the Dow Jones industrial average rallied to a new record, investors ripped more than 100 points off the index following a batch of lackluster earnings reports and...
SENATE TARGETS ABUSES BY CREDIT CARD FIRMS
Aiming to break a credit card squeeze on Americans, the Senate yesterday declared war on deceptive credit abuses and interest-rate gouging by card issuers. "I would like to put the...
BONNIER COUGHED UP $225M TO TIME
IT'S the amount that everyone was chasing: $225 million in cash. That's what Bonnier Magazine Group, a privately owned Swedish media giant, agreed to pay for the 18 magazines that...
SWEETENED OFFER FOR EOP COULD BE THE KO PUNCH
The Blackstone Group, one of the world's savviest investment firms, does not like to lose red-hot bidding wars. The firm, run by billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, sweetened its $36 billion bid...
FORWARD-LOOKING ROTH CAN'T BE COUNTED OUT
Steve Roth is very good at what he does. Sometimes he's lucky or he's just good and lucky. If Roth loses out on Equity Office Properties, count on the Vornado...
CASH IS KING
The Blackstone Group moved a step closer to winning the biggest buyout ever yesterday after it added nearly $2 billion to its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust and dealt...
CABS MAKE YOU HACK: PEDICAB PEDDLER
"I'll hop out here before we reach environmental crisis." That's just one of several snarky ads a pedicab operator is running on top of New York taxis, knocking them for...
EMPTI SUIT: NICOLI UNDER SERIOUS FIRE
The bloodletting at EMI Group continued yesterday, as the world's No. 3 music company said it was merging its Capitol and Virgin labels in the U.S., triggering layoffs and a...
NOW HE GETS TOUGH
George Elmer Pataki (remember him?) has joined the ranks of Republicans who are running as fast as they can away from President Bush. In a speech to be delivered in...
TERROR-WAR TRIUMPHS
The news out of Iraq over the past few days has been grim. Attacks in just the past week or so have left scores dead - including dozens of U.S....
CLIPPED SHORT
UNLIKE the meaningful conversation the Bulls and Grizzlies are engaged in regarding Pau Gasol, nothing of any substance occurred recently when the Nets and Clippers threw out numerous names in...
HERE'S LOOKIN' AT YA!
MY PARENTS must've been conning me. Seems that everything I was taught not to notice or care about are the things I'm told to notice and care about. For example,...
OSCAR WON'T HAVE FLOYD SR. IN CORNER
OSCAR De La Hoya and his business partner Richard Schaefer planned to huddle late last night in Los Angeles to discuss who will serve as De La Hoya's trainer for...
BLUE BROTHER
Eli Manning is headed to the Super Bowl, but not the way he wants to get there. Sure, Manning will hit Miami on Thursday and spend the weekend glad-handing, picking...
HOYA AND HIGHER!
JESSIE Sapp looked up to the ceiling. He spanned his memory back to a dark time, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and let it all out. "It was...
MILLER LITE TIME
NBC's Johnny Miller knows what CBS wants in its new golf analyst, Nick Faldo. It wants Johnny Miller. Miller is not being arrogant, just blunt, informative and slyly funny -...
OSCAR, FLOYD GET 'REAL'
HBO Sports will launch an all-access reality series focused on Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather leading into the two fighters' junior middleweight title bout on May 5. When...
5 QUESTIONS FOR RANDY CROSS
This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with CBS' Randy Cross. The former 49ers Super Bowl center, 52, is headed to Baghdad on Monday to file reports for CBS'...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
To: Sean McManus, CBS News & Sports president From: Andrew Marchand Re: Bill Parcells Dear Sean: Go get Tuna! We know CBS is in the midst of preparing for its...
THE SPORTS BLOTTER
IN JAIL: Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry got a judge's lecture and a two-day jail sentence after settling the last of his four court cases yesterday in Cincinnati. Henry, arrested...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Hall of Fame writer Lang dead at 85Jack Lang, a Hall of Fame baseball writer who for two decades had the pleasant assignment of telling players they'd been elected...
STREET SENSE TOPS EXPERIMENTAL 'CAP
Champion 2-year-old colt Street Sense, 10-length winner of the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs, yesterday was named 127-pound highweight on The Jockey Club's Experimental Free Handicap ranking...
TODAY'S BIG A CARD CANCELLED
Today's card at Aqueduct was cancelled yesterday in anticipation of Arctic cold front forecast to reach New York by this morning, dropping temperature to 15 degrees and wind-chill factor to...
DEVS DECLARE FOR PRESIDENT
TAMPA - None of the Devils' great teams ever did it, but suddenly, it's out there. A first Presidents' Trophy is a long shot, but not out of the question...
ISLES START SECOND-HALF PUSH
Locked in a four-point logjam of seven teams chasing the final Eastern playoff berth, the Islanders resume their season tonight by trying to duplicate one of their high points. The...
THE PAIN GAME
When Eddy Curry hobbled off the Garden floor Wednesday, the agony in his strained left calf told him he'd miss at least 10 games - maybe twice as much. Although...
JEFFRIES IN ISIAH'S LINEUP . . . FOR NOW
Knicks coach Isiah Thomas reiterated that despite Jared Jeffries' slump, the small forward will stay in the starting lineup - for now. But for the first time, Thomas admitted he'll...
WEALTHY WILLIE
Over two seasons, Willie Randolph has taken the Mets from the dregs of the National League to within one game of the World Series. COO Jeff Wilpon believed Randolph's impact...
AMAZIN'S PROGRESS IN BLACK & WHITE
A DOMINICAN GM announced the long-term retention of an African-American manager and the baseball world yawned. In a week when the first two black coaches making the Super Bowl produced...
DELGADO BACKS WILLIE
Carlos Delgado thinks that Willie Randolph's contract extension is much deserved. "Willie had a lot to do with the fantastic year we had," said Delgado, who spoke yesterday on a...
FLIGHT FINISH
LOS ANGELES - You look at the 20-22 record the Nets, the East's biggest disappointment outside of Miami, brought here last night against the 20-21 Clippers, the West's biggest disappointment,...
THREE OF A BIND
LOS ANGELES - Another blown double-digit lead. Another demoralizing defeat. But there was a bit of a twist. The Nets did not blow the 18-point lead. The Clippers did. End...
ALL-STAR ARENAS GUNS DOWN CARTER IN VOTING
LOS ANGELES - Vince Carter spoke to the media before last night's game. "I'm thrilled," Carter said. "It's always just a great feeling to be selected as an All-Star as...
JAROMIR HAS TO SHOULDER LOAD
Recalling Dan Girardi was only the first step. Beginning tomorrow afternoon in Philadelphia, the Rangers will take a good long look at the 22-year-old defenseman. And even if Girardi replaces...
A NEW CARL
You have heard this before. Now, get ready to arch your eyebrows again. Carl Pavano will throw a bullpen session today in Phoenix. After spending the winter in Phoenix working...
CASHMAN STILL MUM ON BERNIE'S FUTURE
Bernie Williams has noted that loyalty is a two-way street, and he and the Yankees are clearly at the fork in the road. Yesterday afternoon, GM Brian Cashman declined comment...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
"Do you have a visible serious handicap and are you looking for a partner?" That's the pitch by a new dating show for the disfigured in the Netherlands, "Love at...